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The [[Forerunner]]s categorized the '''Technological Advancement''' of civilizations into '''Tiers'''.<ref>'''[[Bestiarum]]'''</ref> This system was later adopted by the [[Covenant Empire|Covenant]].<ref>'''[[Halo: Contact Harvest]]''', ''page 273''</ref> All sentient life and civilizations in the Universe fall into one of the categories. There are a total of [[List of "seven" references in Halo|seven]] tiers, and the lower the Tier number, the more advanced the civilization's technology is/was. | The [[Forerunner]]s categorized the '''Technological Advancement''' of civilizations into '''Tiers'''.<ref>'''[[Bestiarum]]'''</ref> This system was later adopted by the [[Covenant Empire|Covenant]].<ref>'''[[Halo: Contact Harvest]]''', ''page 273''</ref> All sentient life and civilizations in the Universe fall into one of the categories. There are a total of [[List of "seven" references in Halo|seven]] tiers, and the lower the Tier number, the more advanced the civilization's technology is/was. | ||
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==Tier 0: Transsentient== | ==Tier 0: Transsentient== | ||
As the Forerunners had no examples of civilizations with technological accomplishments greater than themselves - with the exception of the [[Precursor]]s - this is a theoretical ceiling. It is suspected that they can travel across galaxies and accelerate the evolution of intelligent life. | As the Forerunners had no examples of civilizations with technological accomplishments greater than themselves - with the exception of the [[Precursor]]s - this is a theoretical ceiling. It is suspected that they can travel across galaxies and accelerate the evolution of intelligent life. | ||
==Trivia== | |||
The technological achievement scale is similar to the real-world [[Wikipedia:Kardashev scale|Kardashev scale]], which measures technological advancement based upon the total amount of energy a civilization is capable of harnessing. Similar categorical scales are commonly found in science fiction. | |||
==List of appearances== | ==List of appearances== | ||